Internal Auditor: Data

Job Classification

REQ Details:
Thembi Mtshali

Location:

Johannesburg

CLosing Date: 10 March 2026

Job Family

Risk, Audit and Compliance

Career Stream

Auditing

Leadership Pipeline

Manage Self:
Professional

Job Purpose

The objective and scope of work of GIA is to determine whether the Group’s systems of financial and internal controls, risk management and governance, as designed and operated by management, are adequate and effective.
The scope of GIA’s work is determined by a risk-based approach and so the key risks facing the Group, including subsidiaries, and the requirements of the GAC, subsidiary Audit Committees and the Group and subsidiary Executive Committees. This should include alignment to business strategic priorities.

Job Responsibilities

• Support the periodic assessments of the outcomes of internal audit work to appropriate governing bodies, including the GAC and Board Risk Committee;

• Comply with regulatory and corporate governance expectations of internal audit functions;

• Responsible for the delivery and measurable performance of their respective Data audit assignments, including audit plan delivery

• Report periodically on the progress of the audit plan delivery with the use of Data analytics

• Report significant Data issues related to the processes for controlling the activities of the Group, including potential improvements to those processes;

• Have in place a robust process to follow-up on management’s agreed actions to address Data Controls issues raised by GIA

• Manage the implementation, execution and delivery of data and analytical projects

• Apply judgement to provide an overall audit opinion on the Data assets and system of internal controls of the Group;

• Provide insights from the outcomes of internal Data audit work to appropriate governing bodies

• Develop and maintain relationships with business and key stakeholders to ensure robustness and completeness of audit coverage and contribute at an insight generator / trusted advisor to business to enhance assurance provided over the control environment;

Essential Qualifications

Commercial, Informatics, Statistics, Computer Science or related degree;
Preferably a

B.Sc. /

B. Com Honours with focus on Quantitative skills, financial engineering, mathematical modelling, data modelling, IT;
Relevant Professional Qualifications

Certifications

Essential Certification

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and optional Certified Internal Auditor(CIA)
Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) or Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) or Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA)

Preffered Certification

SAS certification, R, Python, RPA,Machine Learning, Big Data, DBMS, SQL, ACL

Minimum Experience Level

• Financial services experience 3-5 years of experience in executing on Analytical reviews and relevant level of experience in data analysis / query development / data warehousing / data mining /data quality / data migration / data visualization/Programming or Software Development.

• Experience with relevant data analytical foundation tools in SQL, SAS, R, Python, ACL, and virtualisation tools such as SAS VA, Microsoft Power BI or similar.

• Knowledge of database design structures and query languages

• Experience with advance analytics such as Predictive and Prescriptive analytics, Development and/or execution of software robots (RPA)

• Knowledge about emerging data analytic technologies.

• Banking experience, inclusive of client facing experience (preferably).

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Ethics and Fraud
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Managerial Accounting Principles
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Institute of Internal Auditors standards
• Auditing

Behavioural Competencies

• Applied Learning
• Communication
• Collaborating
• Decision Making
• Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills

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